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Today is Happy Chanukak Beethoven's Merry Chistmas 200th Birthday Happy New Year ~~~'I~----- ------ -_O 0Unvri y th Caioltha, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Mungi 10 yea Michael J. Mungo, a member o the Board of Trustees, hai established an endowment fun( which will provide over $100,000 foi scholarships, fellowships anc student loans over the next 11 years. s It is more bless .-Merry Christma Cafete 0 old jol BY ItOR 11GAl.KE Staff Writer It isn't often that a Slater ej ployee is given a "series of b: thday parties throughout the da' wilh suirprise's, gifts and cards, I the people he serves. Oscar Ree former manager of the Columb lItall ('a eteria, is the exception. The occasZIion was his recent 4.9 hirthdlay. and the girls of Columb Ihall. hall alter hall, and groi after grouip, "Threw parties at ni all day long." said Reed. . establi .r endov Grants from the fund will be made by the Office of Student Aid and the Graduate School. Students who demonstrate financial need and satisfactory academic qualifications will be eligible for grants. Loans will be interest free ed to give. S1 r1 wor and un, Reed is now leaving Columbia Hall for a position at Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. The women of Columbia Hall are not happy to see Reed depart. Reed himself is not joyful at the d, prospect. "Im really sad to be a leaving," he commented. "This has been the nicest bunch of hstudents I have ever had the ia pleasure to work with." Reed ip wishes to inform his friends at ie C'olumbia Hall that he "will be coming back to visit about once a Oscar Reed iving so much. he ng Lshes vment while students are in school. EARMARKED $20,000 of the fund has been earmarked for graduate fellowships and loans in the College of Business Administration through the USC-Business Part nership Fund. "The University is proud of one of the most substantial com mitments ever made by an alumnus," President' Thomas F. Jones said. AMERICAN DREAM In establishing the fund, Mungo said. "This gift is made in deep appreciation to an institution, a state and its people who have allowed us to realize the great American dream of unlimited opportunity. The greatest gift one can give to his fellowman is the opportunity to learn. This fund is established with the intent to help those of limited financial means prepare themselves educationally so that they, too, might have a chance to develop their potential talents. SOPIsrICATION NEEDED "We need sophistication in business and industry. I don't need to tell you that South Carolina is one of the poor states of the country. Education is one of the finest investments we can make for the future." Mungo graduated from USC in 1950. RIUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Commenting on that portion of the gift designated for. the College of Business Administration, Dean Janes F. lKane said;- Tho COlle is proud and privileged to receive this gift which reveals Michael J. Mungo's outstanding service -to and interest in higher education. We are especially pleased to know that he sharec our enthusiasm for the impact that the advancement program of our business school will have on the growth of South Carolina." ter1eav< happy g month until the end of the school year." He plans to leave his family here to allow his son and daughter to complete the school year. Reed is very proud of the fact that both have "excellent marks" and he wants them to finish the year without interruption. IReed has been the manager of ('olumbia Hall cafeteria for 15 months. He has been in college lood services for 12 years. however. He was born in Grady, Arkansas, but has lived "all over Michael J Opinionate4 Lo express oncerning Hearings will be held today f louse Theater to consider Rt A combined committee of th Sovernors and an ad hoc coi 3overnment is gathering infc ispects of the Russell House nake specific recommendatic Dr. Richard Kasschqu, a pr n4mber nofhe noord of Gover 3n opionion he wishes to expr )ffer, please come anytime bet THE GAMECOCK will not be pt We figure that since you are leavim of a vacation than officially rec probably wouldn't read the paper Christmas and come back alive. 1IS itris the Southeast." When he graduated from high school in ihreveport, Louisiana, he went ,nto the Navy, and during World War II. he was a cook, having a ttended Cooks and Bakers' School n the service. When he was lischarged. he enrolled in a 316 rronth course in food service management. Since that time, he rias worked at various schools and :oileges in the South. He spent two years at Philander smith College. two years at Arkansas State College, two years at Tugaloo College. three years at Allen University. and the last year and a half with Slater at USC. In iddition to these he has held various summer assignments at Wiley ('ollege. Spellman College. Virginia State College and 9tIorehouse ('ollege. Reed has been married for 11 rears. and in addition to the two yhildren in school has a four-year sid son. "T'his has been one of my most pleasing assignments." he con inued. "*My fringe benefits were great. :365 girls. I want to also express my appreciation to Mrs. Ilewlette and Miss Bell for their co speration." Iteed is confident that his replacement. .1 E. Hiley, will do a good job as ('olumbia Hall's 'aleterla manager. "I had a hand in selecting my replacement and I wrow this man will take good care af the girls.' The women of Columbia Hall were not about to let Reed get away without expressing their appreciation. Last night. Columbia Hail threw a going away party for Reed. Most of the dorm came to wish Mr. Heed luck In his .new position and to present hima with an engraved pen att for his desk. As one girl put it. "I don't know mI anyone In the world with a biger heart." Mungo 1 invited hemselves RH policy rom I to 6 p.m. In the Russell issell House policy. e University Union Board of nmittee formed by Student irmation for a review of all policy. The committee will ins regarding the policy. ofessor of psychol[gy and a nors, said, "Anyone who has ess or a solution he'd like to ween 1 and 6" today. blished Fridny. or on January 4. g and probably taking a bit more ognized by the University. you even if we did Out it out. Merry K arate may hit campus Potential courses for the spring semester of Short Courses are Theories of Communal Living. Organic Eating. and Karate. Hill Hummers. chairman of the t'niversity Union committee. said. --We provide the facilities and the pub)licity. hut we are looking for anyone interested in the program. one of the topics. or an entirely new course to help us find qualified instructors." "So far, we have encountered no censorship. so any course is possible." he added. StudIent enrollment in the courses determined the con tinuence of any topic. Hummers said. USC OnMsan SG spends yule cahning tensions ByCHARLESBEEBE Staff Writer Oliver Washington Jr., student government secretary for minority affairs, said that a project aimed at alleviating racial tension in the state's high schools is being undertaken by Student Government. The project is sponsored by Minority Affairs of Student Government in conjunction with the Southern Regional Council, an Atlanta based civil rights group. Leon Hall of the Southern Regional Council will meet with interested students tomorrow, at 5 p.m. in room 302, Russell House. "During the Christmas holidays bi-racial teams com posed of USC students will work in their respective com munities in a concerted effort to help calm tense black white relations," Washington said. "Throughout South Carolina this spring, racial distur bances may reach crisis proportions. Already violence has broken out between black and white youths in Greenville, Union and Columbia. "Many community, student and religious groups are attempting to ease the desegregation process, but because they are working independently their effect is minimal," Washington said. "College students, working In bi-racial teams in their home towns, can play a major role in alleviating the student's problems." Washington stated several objectives of the project. "We hope to utilize the existing or potential peer group relationship between college and high school students. A wedge of neutrality and lines of communication should be established between black and white youths." SAIC wuil -$ to support strikers Student Mobilization Committee up and wor"' about safety later." plans a picket march in front of the h% . State Capitol today in support of the striking United Steelworkers 'he minister also charged that Union at the Georgetown Steel Co. the compan% would not report accidents to the proper authorities The picketing is scheduled to and said that the union had hired begin at 2 p.m. A spokesman for lawyers to *guard the rights of SMC said last night that the those who have had accidents." steelworkers were not expected to be on hand for the picketing. -W are just striking over basic human rights, not for economic The 17-week-old strike for better benefits." according to Estes and sater working conditions [itle. the steelworker's union received support from students the representative. past two weekends as groups have traveled to Georgetown to par- ''hweknolIe.46butS ticipate in marches. IS'suet atcptdi 'The Rev. Henr y Johnson. a labor .hrah fteSuhr uni.on worker, said to The CrsinLaesi 'neec Gamecock last week that the strike ia"elr.pedntoth is not f or higher wages. He called it Sid'l 1tii~tinCmite an 'unfair labor" strike. "We are ~((r~sdagopi ereon concerned with safety' and -''i Shsoi~lyiprati pollution problems." he said. ta ii h is iesuet o .Johnson said one man has been en.-sh idSetlte killed and 250 men injured "And srirsttsudns~ol st the company tells the workers. Gogtw .c uekn ni Wer gong o gt tepodutio itets teo tedoe uhrte and sad tha th-uina hired layrst "gad h rgtso